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Initiatives sought to reduce plastic waste in Thua Thien - Hue

The management board of the project “Hue – A city to Reduce Plastics in Central Vietnam” and the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation on February 23 launched a contest to seek initiatives to reduce plastic waste in Hue city.
Initiatives sought to reduce plastic waste in Thua Thien - Hue ảnh 1A contest to seek initiatives to reduce plastic waste in Hue city is launched in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on February 23. (Photo: VNA)

ThuaThien-Hue (VNA) – The management board of the project “Hue – A city to Reduce Plastics in Central Vietnam” and the Centre for Entrepreneurship andInnovation on February 23 launched a contest to seek initiatives to reduceplastic waste in Hue city.

Hoang Ngoc Tuong Van, a representative of the project, said that as Hue is striving to become a smart city, the technology factor, especially that inwaste management, will be an important key to turn the locality into aplastic-reducing city. 

She said the project is making efforts with the localityto carry out practical activities to realise the target that by the end of2024, Hue city will reduce 30% of the amount of the plastic waste discharged intothe environment.

Van added that the contest organisers hope the initiativessent to the contest will help increase recycling activities, reduce plasticwaste, and improve the management system based on waste classification. 

The contest’s final round is expected to be held in Huecity in May 2023 with four to seven initiatives to be chosen for funding, a maximum budget of about 500 million VND ( 21,000 USD) for each project.

Secretary of the Hue city Party Committee Phan Thien Dinh spoke highly of the contest, adding that in the coming time, the localitywill consider this activity as a political task to call on people to join inreducing the use of plastic products./.

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